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Zambia bans energy drink adulterated with Viagra

Power Natural High Energy Drink SX. [Photo:Courtesy]

Zambia banned an energy drink on Wednesday after it was shown to have been adulterated with the male sex booster Viagra, according to authorities in Ndola, the city of manufacture.

The prohibition followed a complaint from Zambia’s medicine regulator in December suggesting that the Power Natural High Energy Drink SX had been spiked with Viagra.

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